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Black Belt Prairie
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Published June 21, 2018
The crescent-shaped area of fertile, cultivated land stretches through parts of Mississippi and Alabama.
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Decline of Two Glaciers in Northwest Greenland
Published April 8, 2018
The Tracy and Heilprin Glaciers may not be Greenland’s largest, but they are retreating fast.
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Disappearing Walker Lake
Published April 4, 2018
Like this lake in northwestern Nevada, many of the world’s prominent salt lakes are drying up.
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Glaciers in the Tropics, but Not for Long
Published February 14, 2018
Though the mountains are located just south of the equator, their elevation is high enough and the air temperatures are cold enough to still support a few small areas of ice.
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Glacial Retreat at a Non-glacial Pace
Published January 25, 2018
The HPS-12 glacier in Chile has lost about half of its length in three decades.
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A Growing City and a Deadly Landslide
Published December 5, 2017
Downpours triggered Freetown’s deadly August mudslide, but decades of development in mountainous areas beyond the city set the stage for the disaster.
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Monitoring Mumbai’s Mangroves
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Published November 30, 2017
Satellites offer some needed perspective on the status of vulnerable mangrove forests along the Indian city’s many waterways.
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Secrets Beneath the Sand
Published August 29, 2017
Instruments such as imaging radar helped usher in a new era in archaeology.
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A Stroke of Luck
Published July 7, 2017
While investigating historical imagery of a surging glacier in the Karakoram, a scientist noticed a spectacular satellite image of an avalanche barreling into Khurdopin Glacier.
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Tracking Forest Change in Canada
Published June 27, 2017
Researchers analyzed 25 years of Landsat data to establish where forests had burned or been cut.